California needs to have its right hand and its left hand text-message each other.
In Santa Clara County, the state recently ordered a couple to cut down decade-old redwood trees, citing the Solar Shade Control Act of 1978, because their neighbor put in solar panels that are gradually being blocked as the trees grow. There’s a similar case pending in Sonoma County.
On the other hand, California cities and the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency are fining people who cut down trees to improve the view or to increase the sale value of a house. TRPA’s fines surpass $1 million in California and Nevada.
I will admit that the bozo in Henderson, Nev., who downed 546 trees (at night, over a year) so he would have better views of the Las Vegas Strip and the mountains, went way too far.
If I lived on the California side of Lake Tahoe, I’d be putting in solar panels, and happily cutting trees to open them to the sun. If my view improved as a side-effect … surprise, surprise!
Take a hike, TRPA. Watch out for bears.
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